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EUROPEAN INNOVATION FINANCINGFULL YEAR 2018

CONTRIBUTORS

Thibaut Revel

Managing Partner

Martin Vielle

Director

About Clipperton

Clipperton is a European independent corporate finance advisory firm

exclusively dedicated to the Technology space, advising innovative companies

on M&A transactions, debt financings and equity offerings. With offices in

London, Berlin, and Paris and an international reach, Clipperton is a European

leader in Technology financial advisory. Over the past 15 years, the team has

successfully completed more than 250 high profile transactions globally.

About Digimind and WhoGotFunded

Digimind is a SaaS intelligence software company based in Paris, Boston and

Singapore, providing advanced information management platforms and

technologies that perform massive data collection, automatic intelligence

extraction and visualisation. Using its unique web mining expertise, Digimind

developed WhoGotFunded.com, the world's most comprehensive funding

database, discovering over 100 fresh funding deals every day in real time all

across the world.

Almost stable investment amount

vs. 2017 at $16Bn.

Confirmation of the deceleration

of the volume of early stage

deals.

French Tech is booming: +45%

yoy for a record $4Bn.

Large deals driven both by

"confirmed leaders" such as

Auto1, Deezer, N26, Cabify and

rising stars Voodoo, Graphcore,

Dataiku, Nexthink etc.

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Introduction ……………………………………………………

Innovation Financing Overview ……………………………..

Geographical View …………………………………………...

Top Deals by Geography …………………………………….

Top Deals by Sector ……………………………………….…

Methodology & Disclaimer …………………………………..

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EDITORIAL

CONTENT

“Headlines

Thibaut Revel

Managing Partner at Clipperton

In our January 2018 report, we were

wondering whether the 2017 record

vintage for European tech financing

would be the last step before a down-cycle. 2018

proved to be a time for stabilization, with a slightly

lower total invested amount linked to less inflated

mega-deals. The data indicate a lower activity of early

stage transactions - just like in 2017 - which should

have a negative impact in the medium term.

Nevertheless the thesis of a soft landing at work

seems convincing.

In this stable environment, it is worth pointing out the

super strong performance of the French Tech, with

tech investments in France not so far from the UK

(the gap narrowed at c.20%). In terms of financial

sustainability, the health of the ecosystem in the years

to come will require major exits. France, in particular,

needs to score a few home-runs: the last couple of

years evidenced a lack of unicorn exits, especially

compared to the UK and Germany.

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2017

2018

BIONTECH DE $270m Cancer therapies

AUTO1 DE $264m Used cars marketplace

REVOLUT UK $250m Online banking

VOODOO FR $200m Gaming

GRAPHCORE UK $200m Computing accelerators

DEEZER FR $186m Online music streaming

TAXIFY ES $175m On-demand taxi

ETORO UK $162m Social trading platform

CABIFY SP $160m On-demand taxi

N26 DE $160m Online banking

Following a record-high vintage in 2017, investments in European innovation stabilized at $16.3B in2018 (-4% vs. 2017). We identified above 1,100 transactions closed, with a notable increase of thenumber of funding rounds above $10m. Despite the absence of ‘mega-rounds’ (>$300m), 2018 remainsa strong year for European innovation.

Sources: Clipperton – WhoGotFunded

Total 2018: 1,122

Total 2017: 1,301

2.0 1.7 1.9 2.22.7 2.6

3.6 3.9 3.8 4.03.3

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2.0 2.3

1.8 1.31.9

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2.5

2.3

0.5 0.3

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2.0

2.0

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$2.9B $2.8B

$3.7B$4.1B

$7.0B

$5.9B $5.9B$6.2B

$7.8B

$9.0B

$7.9B$8.3B

H1 2013 H2 2013 H1 2014 H2 2014 H1 2015 H2 2015 H1 2016 H2 2016 H1 2017 H2 2017 H1 2018 H2 2018

Deals equal or below $30m

Deals above $30m

Deals above $100m

In number of transactions


In $B

Exceptionally strong year in France with $4.0B invested in French start-ups, an increase by 45% vs. 2017. Such

performance is notably driven by the large number of acceleration rounds (above $30m): we identified 24

transactions above this threshold vs. only 15 in 2017.

Historically driven by a handful of “mega-rounds” (e.g. Improbable’s $500m deal last year), the UK saw a

decline of the amount invested in 2018 by 24%. However, activity remains strong as the number of financings

remained stable vs. 2017. A notable fact, British fintech start-ups continue to attract significant amounts of VC

money in the wake of Revolut, Etoro or Monzo…

Amounts invested in the DACH region decreased by 16% vs. 2017 with $3.5B invested. However, the region

keeps being driven by large rounds, in particular in the Life Sciences sector.

In other geographies, the Nordics posted a solid year (+7% vs. 2017, above $1B) and Spain & Portugal confirmed

the upward trend observed in 2017 (+33% at $539m, of which $160m and $134m respectively for taxi hiring

platform Cabify and on-demand delivery start-up Glovo).

France +45%

UK -24% Nordics +7%

DACH -16%

REGION # DEALS AMOUNT ($m)

UNITED-KINGDOM 355 5,260

FRANCE 398 4,048

DACH 165 3,474

NORDICS 71 1,069

BENELUX 58 752

SPAIN & PORTUGAL 21 522

ITALY 10 113

OTHER* 44 887

$6.9B

$5.3B

$2.8B

$4.0B

$4.1B$3.5B

$1.0B $1.1B

* Other: Ireland, Southern Europe and Eastern

European countries (including Russia)


Top Deals per Geography – 2018:


AMOUNTCOMPANY INVESTORS AMOUNTCOMPANY INVESTORS

AMOUNTCOMPANY INVESTORS AMOUNTCOMPANY INVESTORS

VOODOO $200m Goldman Sachs

DEEZER $166m Kingdom Holding Company, Orange

BLABLACAR $116m SNCF, existing investors

DATAIKU $101mDawn Capital, Firstmark, Iconiq, Alven, Battery Ventures

EVANEOS $81mPartech, Xange, Serena Capital, Bpifrance, Quadrille Capital

LEDGER $75mDigital Currency Group, Draper Esprit, Korelya, Firstmark Capital, Caphorn, Cathay

RECOMMERCE $62m Labruyère, Capzanine, Creadev

OPENCLASSROOMS $60mGeneral Atlantic, Alven, Bpifrance, Citizen Capital

THERACHON $60mBpifrance, Tekla CM, Cowen, Versant, Novo Holdings, Orbimed, Inserm TI, Pfizer Ventures

DYNACURE $55mBpifrance, Pontifax VC, Kurma Partners, AnderaPartners

BIONTECH $270mRedmile Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company

AUTO1 $264m Softbank Vision Fund

N26 $160mInsight Venture Partners, GIC, Greyhound Capital

GOEURO $150m Kinnevik, Temasek, Hillhouse Capital

DFINITY $105mSV Angel, Amino Capital, Kr1, AndreessenHorowitz, Village Global, Scalar Capital, Other

SEBA $102mSummer Capital, Black River Asset Management

DEPOSIT SOLUTIONS

$100mGreycroft, Vitruvian Partners, Kinnevik, E.ventures

NEXTHINK $85mHighland Europe, Forestay Capital, Index,, Galéo Capital, Auriga Partners, Vi Partners

WAYRAY $80mJvckenwood, Hyundai Motor, China MerchantsCapital, Alibaba, Porsche

SOLARIS BANK $70mVisa Inc, BBVA, Sbi Group, Arvato Financial Solutions, Digital Impact Fund, Lakestar

TAXIFY (ES) $175m Daimler, Korelya Capital, existing investors

CABIFY (SP) $160mLiil Ventures, Theventurecity, EndeavorCatalyst, Rakuten Capital, Gat Investments

GLOVO (SP) $134mAmrest, Idinvest Partners, Rakuten, SeayaVentures, existing investors

WAVES PLATFORM (RU)

$120m Dolfin

GALECTO BIOTECH (DK)

$91mMaverick Ventures, Sunstone Capital, M Ventures, Seventure, Orbimed, Other

TRUECALLER (SE) $90m Zenith Venture Capital

ITEOS THER. (BE) $75mMPM Capital, SRIW, HBM Partners, 6 Dimensions Capital, Fund+, Curative ventures

ITBMED (SE) $67m Pablo Legorreta

SYNCRON (SE) $67m Summit Partners

KRY (SE) $66m Project A, Accel, Creandum, Index, Creandum

REVOLUT $250m DST Global, existing investors

GRAPHCORE $200mBMW I Ventures, Microsoft, Foundation Capital RBCV, Draper Esprit, Sequoia Capital, Other

ETORO $162mCubit Investments, Spark Capital, BRM Capital, Social Leverage, Commerzventures

OXFORD NANOPORE

$140mGIC, Hostplus, China Construction Bank International

ZWIFT $120mWetransfer, Highland Europe, Huel, Malwarebytes, Egym

FREELINE THERAPEUTICS

$116m Syncona Partners

BENEVOLENTAI $115m Woodford Investment Management

MONZO BANK $108mStripe, Passion Capital, Orange DV, Goodwater, Accel, General Catalyst, Thrive Capital

THE CULTURE TRIP $80m PPF Group

CRESCENDO BIOLOGICS

$70m Quan Capital, Andera Partners, Biodiscovery V

After a sharp increase in 2017, the

median deal value stabilized

around $6m in 2018.

This evidences a new stage for

European innovation financing with

an increasing number of scale-up

operations, aiming at supporting

emerging tech leaders.

In $m


35%

38%

5%3%

19%

Internet & New Media Business Cloud & Software

Hard/Telecom Consumer Electronics

Fintech

IT investments in Europe


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AMOUNTCOMPANY INVESTORS

AUTO1 $264m Softbank Vision Fund

REVOLUT $250m DST Global, existing investors

VOODOO $200m Goldman Sachs

GRAPHCORE $200mBMW I Ventures, Microsoft, FoundationCapital RBCV, Draper Esprit, Sequoia, Other

DEEZER $166m Kingdom Holding Company, Orange

TAXIFY $175m Daimler, Korelya Capital, existing investors

CABIFY $160mLiil Ventures, Theventurecity, EndeavorCatalyst, Rakuten Capital, Gat Investments

ETORO $162mCubit Inv., Spark Capital, BRM Capital, Social Leverage, Commerzventures

N26 $160mInsight Venture Partners, GIC, Greyhound Capital

GOEURO $150m Kinnevik, Temasek, Hillhouse Capital

GLOVO $134mAmrest, Idinvest Partners, Rakuten, SeayaVentures, existing investors

ZWIFT $120mWetransfer, Highland Europe, Huel, Malwarebytes, Egym

BLABLACAR $116m SNCF, existing investors

MONZO BANK $108mStripe, Passion Capital, Orange DV, Goodwater, Accel, General Catalyst, Thrive

DFINITY $105mSV Angel, Amino Capital, Kr1, AndreessenHorowitz, Village Global, Scalar Capital



RECOMMERCE GROUP $62m Labruyère, Creadev, Capzanine

INNOVAFEED $46m Temasek Holdings, Creadev

REACTION ENGINES $44mBAE Systems, Boeing HorizonXVentures

NAVYA $44m European Innovation Bank

ALEDIA $36mIntel Capital, Supernova, Sofinnova, IKEA, Demeter, Braemar

$12.2B

If innovation money continues to be primarily geared towards IT start-ups ($12B or 75% of the total), the sector

declined by 9% vs. last year notably due to decreasing investments in Internet & New Media. On the contrary

the business cloud & software segment is on the rise and attracted 39% of investments in IT (vs. 24% last year).

Strong momentum for investments in Cleantech & Agritech which increased by over 60% vs. 2017, notably driven

by a handful of French deals (e.g. Recommerce, Navya, Aledia).

As for Life Sciences, the segment received 9% more investments than in 2017, close to $900m.

Top Deals per Sector – 2018:

This report is based on collaborative work and research performed by Digimind and Clipperton Finance. Based

on Digimind’s WhoGotFunded comprehensive financing deals database which is built in real-time through text-

mining technologies, the analysis is focused on European deals with the following characteristics:

Investments completed in a European company (Russia included/ Israel excluded)

The company is considered innovative i.e. with a clear technology or business model innovation –which excludes companies who operate technologies that they have not developed

Investments higher than $500k, in order to exclude “friends & family” seed rounds

Secondary deals (i.e. minority sales of shares to private funds) are included, majority deals are excluded.

Fundraisings through public markets (IPO or public equity financing) are excluded

This represents a list of about 200-400 deals per quarter, which are then allocated to an innovation universe (IT

/ Life Science / Cleantech) and to a sub-segment (e.g. Consumer Internet within IT).

This document has been prepared by Clipperton in collaboration with Digimind. It is communicated solely for the

purpose of information and should not be construed as a solicitation or an offer to buy or sell any security or

related financial instrument.

This publication is based of data and information made available to the public and other sources deemed

reliable. While efforts have been made to guarantee maximum exactitude and reliability, neither Clipperton nor

Digimind can be held responsible for omission or errors. The information and analysis accessible in this

publication highlight industry trends in general, and should not be construed as providing any particular

recommendations or analysis for any specific company that is mentioned in the publication. No representation

or warranty (expressed or implied) is made as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the fairness, accuracy or

completeness of the information contained herein and, accordingly, none of Clipperton’s or Digimind’s officers or

employees accepts any liability whatsoever arising directly or indirectly from the use of this document.

Clipperton Finance Ltd is an Appointed Representative of Brooklands Fund Management Ltd which is authorised

and regulated by the FCA. Reference number: 808351.

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